"99 Luftballons ""99 Luftballons"" (, ""99 balloons"") is a song by the German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled ""99 Red Balloons"", with lyrics by Kevin McAlea, was also released on the album ""99 Luftballons"" in 1984 after widespread success of the original in Europe and Japan. The English version is not a direct translation of the German original and contains somewhat different lyrics. While at a June 1982 concert by the Rolling Stones in West Berlin, Nena's guitarist Carlo Karges noticed that balloons were being released. As he watched them move toward the horizon,"
"song to DJ Rodney Bingenheimer who later aired the single on Californian rock radio WLIR, taking the song to #2 on US Billboard Hot 100. ""Even if in German, people felt what ""99 Balloons"" meant and that was enough… It's like a good picture; it's unforgettable"" Rakete later said about the hit single. In 1985 Rakete's management was chosen to produce , the German counterpart of Band Aid. The resulting single record was written by Herbert Grönemeyer and Wolfgang Niedeken and performed by 27 different German bands and musicians, including Alphaville, BAP, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Nena, Peter Maffay, Spliff and Udo"
"chart, Kent Music Report, and on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, behind ""Jump"" by Van Halen. It was certified Gold by the RIAA. The later-released English translation, ""99 Red Balloons"", topped the charts in the UK, Canada and Ireland. VH1 Classic, an American cable television station, ran a charity event for Hurricane Katrina relief in 2006. Viewers who made donations were allowed to choose which music videos the station would play. One viewer donated $35,000 for the right to program an entire hour and requested continuous play of ""99 Luftballons"" and ""99 Red Balloons"" videos. The station broadcast the videos as"
"the appearance of a large pulsating red object floating over Red Rock Canyon outside the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada. A direct translation of the title is sometimes given as ""Ninety-Nine Air Balloons"", but the song became known in English as ""Ninety-Nine Red Balloons"". The title ""99 Red Balloons"" almost scans correctly with the syllables falling in the right places within the rhythm of the first line of lyrics, although ""Neunundneunzig"" (99) has one syllable more than ""ninety-nine"". The lyrics of the original German version tell a story: 99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a general to send pilots"
"liver failure. He was buried in Hamburg's Ohlsdorf Cemetery. Carlo Karges Carlo Karges (31 July 1951 in Hamburg – 30 January 2002 in Hamburg) was a German musician who became a guitarist and songwriter for the rock band, Nena. He wrote the lyrics of Nena's most famous song, ""99 Luftballons"", released in 1983. He was attending a 1982 Rolling Stones concert at the Waldbühne (the ""Forest Theatre"") in West Berlin, when they released a large mass of helium balloons into the air. He wondered how East German or Soviet forces might react if the balloons crossed the Berlin Wall, and"
"Carlo Karges Carlo Karges (31 July 1951 in Hamburg – 30 January 2002 in Hamburg) was a German musician who became a guitarist and songwriter for the rock band, Nena. He wrote the lyrics of Nena's most famous song, ""99 Luftballons"", released in 1983. He was attending a 1982 Rolling Stones concert at the Waldbühne (the ""Forest Theatre"") in West Berlin, when they released a large mass of helium balloons into the air. He wondered how East German or Soviet forces might react if the balloons crossed the Berlin Wall, and thus he conceived the idea for the song about"
"Nena (band) Nena was a German Neue Deutsche Welle band. In 1983 and 1984, their German language song ""99 Luftballons"" (and its English version, ""99 Red Balloons""), reached number one in the singles charts of countries around the world. The band was formed in 1982 when vocalist Gabriele Kerner (Nena) came to West Berlin with drummer , her boyfriend at the time. There they assembled the other members of the band, which took its name from their lead singer's nickname (Spanish for ""little girl""), which she had acquired as a toddler during a family holiday to Spain. The band wrote"
"of ""Feuer und Flamme"", with lyrics by Canadian singer Lisa Dalbello. Nena (band) Nena was a German Neue Deutsche Welle band. In 1983 and 1984, their German language song ""99 Luftballons"" (and its English version, ""99 Red Balloons""), reached number one in the singles charts of countries around the world. The band was formed in 1982 when vocalist Gabriele Kerner (Nena) came to West Berlin with drummer , her boyfriend at the time. There they assembled the other members of the band, which took its name from their lead singer's nickname (Spanish for ""little girl""), which she had acquired as"
"Yellow Balloon ""Yellow Balloon"" was a Top 30 hit single in the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 by The Yellow Balloon, included on the group's 1967 self-titled album. It was classified as being in the sunshine pop genre. In late 1966, when Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean needed some songs for a new album, he enlisted the help of Gary Zekley, a talented Los Angeles singer/songwriter/producer Torrence had worked with previously. One of the songs Zekley gave Torrence was called """"Yellow Balloon"""" and Torrence went on to record it. In the Torrance version, The last two lines in the Bridge section"
"song as a tribute to Jackson at the 2009 BET Awards. The song was played at the funeral of James Bulger, and Jackson also donated the song to be used as the anthem for the charity the James Bulger Red Balloon Centre, a school for children to go to if they are being bullied or have learning difficulties. This song is written in the key of A major, and it spans from E4 to C#6. It has a tempo of 80 beats per minute. The song reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in December 1992, kept off the"
"99 (song) ""99"" is a song by the American rock band Toto. The song appeared on the ""Hydra"" album in 1979. When released as a single, it reached number 26 on the ""Billboard""charts. The song was written as a tribute to George Lucas's film ""THX 1138,"" and the music video resembles a scene in the movie. In the video, as in the movie scene where the main character (named ""THX 1138"" and nicknamed ""Thex"") is imprisoned, the room is completely white and everyone is wearing a white jumpsuit. ""Toto Legend,"" the former official International Toto Fan Club newsletter, reviewed the"
"Red Blooded Woman ""Red Blooded Woman"" is a song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, taken from her ninth studio album ""Body Language"" (2003). Written by Johnny Douglas and Karen Poole and produced by the former, it is a hip hop and synth-pop track. It contains a vocoded ""Boy! Boy!"" hook and backing vocals from a choir. It was released globally by Parlophone as the second single from the album on 1 March 2004. The song was well received by music critics, many of whom praised its production and compared it to the work of American music artists Justin Timberlake"
"Hot Air Balloon (rock opera) Hot Air Balloon is a rock opera written in 1998 by Jon Gutwillig, guitarist and founding member of The Disco Biscuits, a Philadelphia based trance fusion jam band. Hot Air Balloon was first performed on December 31, 1998 at the Silk City Lounge in Philadelphia. The debut was unannounced and fans attending the show were given a pamphlet containing accompanying stories for each of the songs. The opera has been performed in its entirety eight times. It was also performed on April 1, 2002, but with ""Aquatic Ape"" replacing the title song, ""Hot Air Balloon"","
"John Schumann John Lewis Schumann (born 18 May 1953) is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist from Adelaide. He is best known as the lead singer for the folk group Redgum, with their chart-topping hit ""I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)"", a song exploring the psychological and medical side-effects of serving in the Australian forces during the Vietnam War. The song's sales assisted Vietnam Veterans during the 1983 Royal Commission into the effects of Agent Orange and other chemical defoliants employed during the war. Schumann was an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1998 federal election, narrowly"
"John Schumann John Lewis Schumann (born 18 May 1953) is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist from Adelaide. He is best known as the lead singer for the folk group Redgum, with their chart-topping hit ""I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)"", a song exploring the psychological and medical side-effects of serving in the Australian forces during the Vietnam War. The song's sales assisted Vietnam Veterans during the 1983 Royal Commission into the effects of Agent Orange and other chemical defoliants employed during the war. Schumann was an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1998 federal election, narrowly"
"Louisiana Red Iverson Minter (March 23, 1932 – February 25, 2012), known as Louisiana Red, was an African-American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more than 50 albums. He was best known for his song ""Sweet Blood Call"". Born in Bessemer, Alabama, Minter lost his parents early in life; his mother died of pneumonia shortly after his birth, and his father was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in 1937. He was brought up by a series of relatives in various towns and cities. Red recorded for Chess in 1949, before joining the Army. He was trained as"
"second album ""? (Fragezeichen)"" in Germany in January 1984, ""99 Luftballons"" was starting to climb the US charts, where it reached number 2 and became one of the most successful non-English language tracks in US Billboard chart history. With the English version of the song (""99 Red Balloons"") achieving the number 1 position in the UK, the band became internationally famous and in 1984 gave concerts and made TV appearances in Scandinavia, the UK, Spain and France as well as a 7-date tour (on consecutive nights) of Japan. An international album ""99 Luftballons"" which comprised a combination of English and"
"Blue Eyes Blue ""Blue Eyes Blue"" is a pop song written by American songwriter Diane Warren. The tune was written for the 1999 soundtrack of ""Runaway Bride"". The British rock musician Eric Clapton recorded the song for the soundtrack and released his performance of the song as a single on July 20, 1999 for Reprise Records. The pop track was written by Diane Warren, especially for the 1999 romantic comedy film ""Runaway Bride"", starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The song was published under Realsongs, a division of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers organization. Clapton recorded the song"
"Yellow"". The single generated enough fan interest for the band to make an album and to perform at various shows. The problem was that there was no actual Yellow Balloon band. Quickly, Handler elicited the help of Canterbury recording artist Don Grady, a former Mouseketeer, better known at the time as the character Robbie Douglas of the TV series ""My Three Sons"". Grady knew several other musicians, and enlisted Alex Valdez (lead vocals), Paul Kanella (lead guitar), Don Braucht (bass guitar), Alan DeBoer, studio only (drums), and Forrest ""Frosty"" Green (keyboards) to record the self-titled album. Zekley produced the album"
"When the Stars Go Blue ""When The Stars Go Blue"" is a popular alternative country song composed and originally performed by solo artist and former Whiskeytown band member Ryan Adams. It was first released with his album ""Gold"" on September 25, 2001. The song has been covered by many artists, notably: Celtic band The Corrs featuring U2's lead singer Bono, country music singer Tim McGraw and Norwegian artists Venke Knutson and Kurt Nilsen as a duo. The song has also been performed live many times by Phil Lesh and Friends. The original recording of ""When the Stars Go Blue"" on"
"octave bassline for the most part, while the other one is adding the melody. All the tunes share the same tempo as well and they change seamlessly when playing another sub game. Subtune 21, named ""Star Dust"", was used by the German producer team Zombie Nation in their song Kernkraft 400 without permission. Florian Senfter (""Splank!"") later paid an undisclosed sum to David Whittaker for the use of the melody. The tune and title for 99 Red Balloons comes from the English name of the song 99 Luftballons by German songstress Nena. (This having been the version which reached #1"
"his balloon down on the shore. Leora climbs in with him. They take off together, never to be seen by anyone again, flying off into the sunrise. Hot Air Balloon (rock opera) Hot Air Balloon is a rock opera written in 1998 by Jon Gutwillig, guitarist and founding member of The Disco Biscuits, a Philadelphia based trance fusion jam band. Hot Air Balloon was first performed on December 31, 1998 at the Silk City Lounge in Philadelphia. The debut was unannounced and fans attending the show were given a pamphlet containing accompanying stories for each of the songs. The opera"
"Red Simpson Joe Cecil ""Red"" Simpson (March 6, 1934 – January 8, 2016) was an American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs. Joe Cecil Simpson was born in 1934 in Higley, Arizona, and was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of 12 children. At age 14, he wrote his first song. Simpson was working at the Wagon Wheel in Lamont when Fuzzy Owen saw him and arranged for Simpson to work at his Clover Club as a piano player. He then got a job replacing Buck Owens at the Blackboard Club on weekends. Simpson was influenced by Owens,"
"Black Balloon (Goo Goo Dolls song) ""Black Balloon"" is a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in June 1999 as the fourth single from the band's 1998 album, ""Dizzy Up the Girl"", and reached number three in Canada, number 16 in the United States, and number 76 in the United Kingdom. The song, according to lead singer John Rzeznik, is based on a woman who is struggling with a heroin addiction and her lover who is desperately trying to save her. He has also said that it is about ""seeing someone you love that is so"
"culture of the time, with images of nuclear war in books, film, music, and television. In the mid-1980s, artists and musicians drew parallels with their time and the 1950s as two key moments in the Cold War. There was a steady stream of popular music with apocalyptic themes. The 1983 hit ""99 Luftballons"" by Nena tells the story of a young woman who accidentally triggers a nuclear holocaust by releasing balloons. The music video for ""Sleeping with the Enemy"" had images of the Red Army parading in Red Square, American high school marching bands, and a mushroom cloud. The 1984"
"Charles Mann (singer) Charles Mann (born Charles Louis Domingue 1944) is an American singer from Louisiana, performer of the musical genre swamp pop. He is a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. He should not be confused with the soul singer/songwriter Charles Mann (1949–1991). Charles Louis Domingue was born on November 22, 1944 in Welsh, Louisiana. He recorded his first single ""Keep Your Arms Around Me"", a regional hit, in 1965 under the name of Charles Mann, and he then kept this artist's name. His biggest US hit came in 1969 with the Neil Diamond song ""Red Red"
"The Rolling Stones European Tour 1982 The Rolling Stones' European Tour 1982 was a concert tour of Europe to promote the album ""Tattoo You"". It was in effect the European continuation of their long and successful 1981 US tour, and promoted by Bill Graham. It was during the Berlin concert on 8 June 1982 that thousands of balloons were released, inspiring a member of the audience, the guitarist Carlo Karges from the band Nena to write the song ""99 Luftballons"", which became a worldwide hit. The final show of the tour has been released as ""Live at Leeds""; the tour"
"single coupled with its German original, ""Kino"", from ""Nena"" (1983); ""Just a Dream"" and ""99 Red Balloons"" are tracks from ""99 Luftballons"" (1984), here remixed; and the remix of ""It's All in the Game"" reprises the title track of the present album. Feuer und Flamme Feuer und Flamme (German for ""Fire and Flame"", with the additional figurative meaning of ""great enthusiasm""), released in 1985, is the third album by German pop band Nena and the fourth studio album of its singer, Gabriele ""Nena"" Kerner. The album was a success, reaching in Germany. Prompted by the success of ""99 Luftballons"" (1984),"
"Red campaign, headed by Bono and Bobby Shriver. It is the band's sixth annual Christmas song and was released as the lead single off their compilation EP, ""(RED) Christmas EP"". The song was also recorded by Michael Martin Murphey on his CD ""Cowboy Christmas"" (Cowboy Songs II). The Cowboys' Christmas Ball ""The Cowboys' Christmas Ball"" is a country Christmas song recorded by Las Vegas rock band The Killers. The lyrics of the song were taken from the 1890 poem of the same name by William Lawrence Chittenden. John Lomax included the lyrics to this song in his book ""Cowboy Songs"""
"morning. He had a stroke on Monday and had been in a coma."" He died in Hanover, aged 79. Louisiana Red Iverson Minter (March 23, 1932 – February 25, 2012), known as Louisiana Red, was an African-American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more than 50 albums. He was best known for his song ""Sweet Blood Call"". Born in Bessemer, Alabama, Minter lost his parents early in life; his mother died of pneumonia shortly after his birth, and his father was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in 1937. He was brought up by a series of relatives"
"Red Roses for a Blue Lady ""Red Roses for a Blue Lady"" is a 1948 popular song by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett (alias Roy Brodsky). It has been recorded by a number of performers. The best-selling recording was made by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra Vocalists: Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Men on December 15, 1948. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3319 (in United States) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue numbers BD 1247, HN 3014, HQ 3071, IM 13425 and GY 478. It first reached the Billboard"
"the Decade. Balloons (song) ""Balloons"" is the first single from the album ""Antidotes"" by Foals. It is their fourth single in total to date. It was released as a digital download on 9 December 2007 and on CD and vinyl the following day. The video was directed by Dave Ma and features crows, dancers in flapper dresses, a wall of flowers and Foals' artwork maestro Tinhead painting on a wall. Singer Yannis has described the crows as representing coal or fuel. ""Balloons"" peaked at number 39 on the UK singles chart, and was voted in at 86 in NME's 100"
"(1899), ""When the Blue Sky Turns to Gold"" (1901), ""My Honey Lou"" (1904), and ""Red Wing"". He died in Milford, Connecticut, aged 75. Thurland Chattaway Thurland Chattaway (April 8, 1872 – November 12, 1947) was an American composer of popular music, active from approximately 1898 to 1912. He is best known for writing the words to the popular 1905 hit ""Red Wing"" with Kerry Mills. Other songs include ""Little Black Me"" and ""Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy"". He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and became a boy soprano before going to New York City"